Read the sentence below:
madison was a gazelle running over the finish line.
which literary device is used in this sentence?
allusion
analogy
metaphor
simile

Which quotation correctly uses ellipsis to shorten twain’s words?

"as one of our outstanding historical figures once said, ‘when a great democracy is destroyed, it will not be because of enemies from without but rather because of enemies from within.’" (paragraph 7) how does this quote reveal mccarthy’s point of view and advance the purpose of his speech?

Read the excerpt and answer the question. the boards themselves seemed to remain upright not from being nailed together but rather from leaning together, like a house that a child might have constructed from cards. what best describes the figurative language in the sentence above? idiom simile onomatopoeia personification